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plàw.
to blow at someone/something-dat
Usage notes
‘blowing at someone’ (but not ‘blowing at something’, or using the verb without a dat object) has undertones of blowing noisily, and/or having a smelly breath. Use xàz. if you want to avoid that.
Etymology
< NLem plOm‑a
< LMLem plèm‑yr ‘lung’
< MLem pleem‑yr
< OLem plēm‑
< PLem *plēm‑
< PIE *pléu̯‑m‑os, m-stem noun of
PIE *pleu̯‑ ‘float’
Cognates
Eng flow, Lat pluit ‘it rains’ and pulmō ‘lung’; unrelated to Eng blow